Monthly Archive: October 2016

As you know, this year the Virtual Telescope Project celebrates its 10th Birthday: ten years where it made history both in science and public outreach. While we will properly celebrate this amazing goal, meantime we...

After our first observations of this new season, we looked at V1647 Ori and McNeil Nebula again, to collect new data. The star looked fainter than our previous observations, suggesting the source is finally fading after...

In 2016, the Virtual Telescope Project celebrates its first ten years of activities (2006-2016). To share with you such a epic milestone, we will celebrate with no less than the Supermoon. All this online,...

Supernova SN 2016gfy in NGC 2276 was discovered on 13 Sept. 2016 and was observed via the Virtual Telescope as part of the follow-up programs involving optical, astrophysical transients. On 7 October 2016, under...

The possible supernova AT2016gxp in NGC 51 was observed via the Virtual Telescope as part of our transient follow-up program. NGC 51 hosting the supernova candidate AT2016gxp, is a lenticular galaxy, placed in the...

Comet 174P/Echeclus was observed again via the Virtual Telescope Project, to track how its outburst developed. As you know, we have been following-up this comet several times recently, to track its evolution after the Aug....

Asteroid (66458) Romaplanetario was discovered on 22 Aug. 1999 by Gianluca Masi, from his observatory in Ceccano, Italy, during a dedicated survey to look for new minor planets. At the discovery time, it received the provisional designation...